Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 41 / Friday, February 29, 2008 / Notices 11191 

Carrier Registration Board of Directors at 

(505) 827–4565. 

Dated: February 25, 2008. 

William A. Quade, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement and 

Program Delivery. 

[FR Doc. 08–916 Filed 2–27–08; 12:26 pm] 

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Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2008–0009, Notice No. 1] 

Establishment of an Emergency Relief 

Docket for Calendar Year 2008 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of establishment of 

public docket. 

SUMMARY: On August 30, 2006, FRA 

published an Interim Final Rule (IFR) 

addressing the establishment of 

emergency relief dockets (ERD) and the 

procedures for handling petitions for 

emergency waivers of safety regulations. 

71 FR 51517. The IFR provided that 

each year, FRA will establish an ERD for 

that year and publish a notice in the 

Federal Register identifying the docket 

number of the ERD for that year. This 

Notice announces the establishment of 

FRA’s ERD for the current year 

(calendar year 2008). The designated 

ERD for calendar year 2008 is docket 

number FRA–2008–0009. 

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for further 

information regarding submitting 

petitions and/or comments to Docket 

No. FRA–2008–0009. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

30, 2006, FRA published an IFR 

addressing the establishment of ERD 

and the procedures for handling 

petitions for emergency waivers of 

safety rules, regulations, or standards 

during an emergency situation or event. 

71 FR 51517. As noted in the IFR, FRA’s 

purpose for establishing the ERD and 

emergency waiver procedures is to 

provide an expedited process for FRA to 

address the needs of the public and the 

railroad industry during emergency 

situations or events. The IFR added 

§ 211.45 to subpart C of 49 CFR part 211 

(49 CFR 211.45). Section 211.45(b) 

provides that each calendar year FRA 

will establish an ERD in the publicly 

accessible DOT docket system and that 

FRA will publish a notice in the Federal 

Register identifying by docket number 

the ERD for that year. This Notice No. 

1 announces that the designated ERD for 

calendar year 2008 is docket number 

FRA–2008–0009. 

As detailed in the IFR, if the FRA 

Administrator determines that an 

emergency event as defined in 49 CFR 

211.45(a) has occurred, or that an 

imminent threat of such an emergency 

occurring exists, and public safety 

would benefit from providing the 

railroad industry with operational relief, 

the emergency waiver procedures of 49 

CFR 211.45 will go into effect. 70 FR 

51518. In such an event, the FRA 

Administrator will issue a statement in 

the ERD indicating that the emergency 

waiver procedures are in effect and FRA 

will make every effort to post the 

statement on its Web site http:// 

www.fra.dot.gov/. Any party desiring 

relief from FRA regulatory requirements 

as a result of the emergency situation 

should submit a petition for emergency 

waiver in accordance with 49 CFR 

211.45(e) and (f). Specific instructions 

for filing petitions for emergency 

waivers in accordance with 49 CFR 

211.45 are found at 49 CFR 211.45(f). 

Specific instructions for filing 

comments in response to petitions for 

emergency waivers are found at 49 CFR 

211.45(h). 

Privacy 

Anyone is able to search all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

665, Number 7, Pages 19477–78). The 

statement may also be found at http:// 

www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 25, 

2008. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 08–889 Filed 2–28–08; 8:45 am] 

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